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The Soldiers Tale

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Strawbs - The Soldiers' Tale
[Intro]
Em  Am
[Verse 1]
The Amwatchers on the hillside stand in silence
As the Gdawn appears
Then they Amgather to their horses in an instant
As a Gsun shaft sears
Through the Fmorning mist which hangs low in the valleys
Like a Emserpent's tail
Both Fpoisonous to enemies and heroes
In the Amsoldiers' tale
[Verse 2]
A lonely tower stands empty as a refuge
By the Gsullen lake
As the Amstraggle of survivors in their weakness
Make a Ggrave mistake
For the Fcrossroad sign which points towards the coast
Is yet aEmnother nail
In the Fcross of the Pretender and his comrades
In the Amsoldiers' tale
[Verse 3]
The Fdream we once knew is now Cover
The battle is Glost
The retreat has beEmgun
Let us make our esFcape in the dead of the Cnight
While the lone widows Abwail
In the Asoldiers' tale
[Verse 4]
The AmFrench boat at the ready, stands at anchor
On the Gswollen tide
His Amloyal followers raise a faint cheer
As he Gdraws aside
The PreFtender's cause is lost, a sad farewell
As the Emboat sets sail
And the Frain hurls down on the challenge of the gauntlet
In the Amsoldiers' taleF  
[Verse 5]
The soldiers' Amsong is never sung
The soldiers' A7battle never won
The soldiers' Am7lives are bought an sold
The soldiers' Ambayonets are cold
The soldiers' A7guns are never fired
The soldiers' Am7eyes are never tired
The soldiers' Dmhearts are filled with hate
A soldier's Acause must ever Amwait

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The Soldiers Tale

by Strawbs

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Am7

Strawbs - The Soldiers' Tale

[Intro]

Em Am

[Verse 1]

The watchers on the hillside stand in silence

As the dawn appears

Then they gather to their horses in an instant

As a sun shaft sears

Through the morning mist which hangs low in the valleys

Like a serpent's tail

Both poisonous to enemies and heroes

In the soldiers' tale

[Verse 2]

A lonely tower stands empty as a refuge

By the sullen lake

As the straggle of survivors in their weakness

Make a grave mistake

For the crossroad sign which points towards the coast

Is yet another nail

In the cross of the Pretender and his comrades

In the soldiers' tale

[Verse 3]

F C

The dream we once knew is now over

The battle is lost

The retreat has begun

F C

Let us make our escape in the dead of the night

While the lone widows wail

In the soldiers' tale

[Verse 4]

The French boat at the ready, stands at anchor

On the swollen tide

His loyal followers raise a faint cheer

As he draws aside

The Pretender's cause is lost, a sad farewell

As the boat sets sail

And the rain hurls down on the challenge of the gauntlet

Am F

In the soldiers' tale

[Verse 5]

The soldiers' song is never sung

The soldiers' battle never won

Am7

The soldiers' lives are bought an sold

The soldiers' bayonets are cold

The soldiers' guns are never fired

Am7

The soldiers' eyes are never tired

The soldiers' hearts are filled with hate

A Am

A soldier's cause must ever wait

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